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$35,002,991,770

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2018 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2018-06-08·LATEST ACTION2026-06-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_89233218CNA000001_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

IGF::CL::IGF COMPETITION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation under the 2018 Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operations contract, extending through 2028.

Sub-sectors
national-lab-m&onuclear-weapons-stockpile
Why this matters

Los Alamos is critical to U.S. nuclear weapons stewardship, stockpile maintenance, and advanced energy research; this multi-billion-dollar M&O contract ensures continuity of national security operations.

Supply-chain signal

Triad (Lockheed Martin, Battelle, University of California joint venture) manages procurement and subcontracting for one of the nation's largest federal R&D facilities, affecting thousands of suppliers across defense, energy, and advanced manufacturing.

U.S.–China competition angle

Los Alamos conducts classified nuclear weapons research and advanced computing critical to maintaining U.S. strategic deterrent superiority amid rising China competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003147.

Period of performance
Start
2018-06-08
End
2028-10-31
Status
activein 854 days
Sources

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